Introduction: Thy task is to use the following links to search for and answer the following questions (typed on a word document) and turn in on or before the assigned date along with your name, date completed and English IV. This will count as a 100 for a quiz grade. Use the "Cool Links" to answer the questions as you learn more about the Swan of Avon. This quest is divided into four sections:
1. When was Shakespeare born?
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
3. Who did Shakespeare marry?
4. How many children did they have together?
5. When were Shakespeare's "Hidden Years"?
6. Why were these years called his "Hidden Years"?
7. What was the name of the acting company that Shakespeare worked for?
8. When did Shakespeare die?
9. What was engraved on his tombstone?
10. How many sonnets, plays and long poems did Shakespeare publish?
11. Where was the Globe Theatre located?
12. When was the Globe Theatre built?
13. How many people could the Globe Theatre seat during Shakespeare's time?
14. What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?
15. How did this happen?
16. List three of Shakespeare's comedies.
17. List three of Shakespeare's tragedies.
18. List three of Shakespeare's histories.
19. List three characters from As You Like It.
20. What are the first two lines of "A Lover's Complaint"?
21. When did Queen Elizabeth live?
22. Who was Queen Elizabeth's mother?
23. Who was Queen Elizabeth's father?
24. As a result of Queen Elizabeth's father's divorce from his first wife, a new religion was created and named the official religion of England. What was it?
25. What happened to Queen Elizabeth's mother?
